Thursday, January 26, 2006
No. 9 Baylor 79, Iowa State 64
AMES, Iowa -- Sophia Young had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Angela Tisdale added 17 points as Baylor won its first conference road game of the season. Baylor (14-3, 4-3 Big 12) -- which shot 11-of-23 on 3-pointers and outrebounded the Cyclones 50-39 -- took the lead midway through the first half and never looked back against one of the league's top home teams. Lyndsey Medders had 29 points for Iowa State (12-5, 3-3), which lost at Hilton Coliseum for just the second time in 24 games. Baylor's Chameka Scott picked up her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
No. 12 DePaul 48, Louisville 44
CHICAGO -- Allie Quigley had 17 points and nine rebounds, leading DePaul over Louisville. Khara Smith had 12 rebounds and five steals, and Jenna Rubino added 10 points for the Blue Demons (18-2, 5-2 Big East). Jazz Covington scored 14 points to lead Louisville (13-5, 4-3), which lost for the third time in five games. Yuliya Tokova added nine points and seven rebounds.
No. 13 Oklahoma 75, Texas 57
NORMAN, Okla. -- Courtney Paris had a career-high 32 points and 16 rebounds for her 12th straight double-double to lead Oklahoma (16-4, 6-0 Big 12), which extended its winning streak to four games and maintained its commanding lead in the conference race. Every other Big 12 team has at least two league losses. Texas (10-7, 4-3) had a four-game winning streak snapped. Nina Norman led the Longhorns with 13 points.
No. 20 BYU 67, TCU 64
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Ambrosia Anderson scored 24 points, including six 3-pointers, and had a team-high 10 rebounds to lead Brigham Young. Dani Kubik added 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting, and Mallary Gillespie had 12 points for BYU (16-1, 6-0 Mountain West), which rallied from a 35-28 halftime deficit. Lorie Butler-Rayford scored 16 points to lead TCU (10-7, 4-2). Natasha Lacy added 11 points and 12 rebounds.
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